Foothills Recreation & Aquatics Center

Foothills Recreation & Aquatics Center

Glendale, AZ

Project Description

The Foothills Recreation & Aquatics
Center adheres to a design
philosophy focused on transparency
and connectivity. A two-story lobby
allows views of virtually all activity
spaces, including the climbing area,
outdoor pool, fitness room and suspended
jogging track. The jogging
track carries the transparency theme
by circulating through the gym, lobby
and exercise room, passing by the
aerobics rooms and racquetball
courts, and finally jutting out from
the building footprint, allowing joggers
views of the adjacent street.

The exterior of the building is
composed primarily of colored masonry
with portions clad in metal panels and
glass ? all of which relate to an adjacent
library and campus buildings. Sunshading
devices are also integrated
into the design, taking the form of vertical
perforated metal sheets suspended
above certain windows. The exterior
pool deck includes a leisure pool, current
channel, water slide and six-lane
competition pool with diving well.

The building interior houses both
fitness and community spaces, separated
into two controlled areas linked by
the common lobby. The fitness area
includes racquetball courts, aerobics
rooms, a weight room, a cardio area,
an 11,000-square-foot gymnasium and
locker room facilities for use by both
pool and recreation patrons. Separate
from the recreation area is a community
classroom and a teaching kitchen, as
well as meeting rooms.

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